7 Apr
2011
7 Apr
'11
12:34 a.m.
Greetings,
I've been working with Ardour3 on my laptop, a machine with an AMD
Turion X2 CPU and an nVidia 8200M integrated video chipset. Recently I
started monitoring my test recordings through the headphone output of my
UA25 and I notice that when I move the mouse it creates scratchy sounds,
though QJackCtl reports no xruns and my recordings are unaffected. I
verified the problem with Ardour2 and Mixbus. It doesn't occur when I
use the integrate audio chipset (snd-hda-intel, wahoo).
Running 'cat /proc/interrupts' reports that usb1/usb3 share interrupt 17
and usb2/usb4 share interrupt 16. I've tried switching ports around but
that didn't get rid of the noise. Any further suggestions ?
Best,
dp
7 Apr
7 Apr
12:53 a.m.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
Greetings,
I've been working with Ardour3 on my laptop, a machine with an AMD Turion X2
CPU and an nVidia 8200M integrated video chipset. Recently I started
monitoring my test recordings through the headphone output of my UA25 and I
notice that when I move the mouse it creates scratchy sounds, though
QJackCtl reports no xruns and my recordings are unaffected. I verified the
problem with Ardour2 and Mixbus. It doesn't occur when I use the integrate
audio chipset (snd-hda-intel, wahoo).
Running 'cat /proc/interrupts' reports that usb1/usb3 share interrupt 17 and
usb2/usb4 share interrupt 16. I've tried switching ports around but that
didn't get rid of the noise. Any further suggestions ?
Best,
dp
What does
lsusb
and
lsusb -t
tell you? Are these two USB devices on different buses using different
controllers & different interrupts?
With no audio running if you move the mouse and watch /proc/interrupts
you should be able to see which interrupt is being used. HEre are a
couple of measurements. The first is a baseline. The second is the
system sitting quiet for 1 minute. Note that Int16 didn't change. The
third is after me moving the mouse for 1 minute. Clearly Int16 jumped
a lot, as expected.
I don't have a USB audio device but you can run the same tests using
USB audio and not using the mouse. (much)
This is a 12-core SMP machine which is why there are so many 0's in each row.
Hope this helps,
Mark
cat /proc/interrupts | grep usb
c2stable ~ # date && cat /proc/interrupts | grep usb
Wed Apr 6 15:48:00 PDT 2011
16: 506693 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ahci, uhci_hcd:usb3
18: 35414 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb8
19: 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb5, uhci_hcd:usb7
21: 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4
23: 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb6
c2stable ~ # date && cat /proc/interrupts | grep usb
Wed Apr 6 15:49:00 PDT 2011
16: 506693 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ahci, uhci_hcd:usb3
18: 35471 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb8
19: 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb5, uhci_hcd:usb7
21: 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4
23: 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb6
c2stable ~ # date && cat /proc/interrupts | grep usb
Wed Apr 6 15:50:00 PDT 2011
16: 513590 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ahci, uhci_hcd:usb3
18: 35534 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb8
19: 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb5, uhci_hcd:usb7
21: 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb4
23: 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb6
c2stable ~ #
- Mark
8:25 a.m.
On Thursday 07 April 2011 00:34:03 Dave Phillips wrote:
Greetings,
I've been working with Ardour3 on my laptop, a machine with an AMD
Turion X2 CPU and an nVidia 8200M integrated video chipset. Recently I
started monitoring my test recordings through the headphone output of my
UA25 and I notice that when I move the mouse it creates scratchy sounds,
though QJackCtl reports no xruns and my recordings are unaffected. I
verified the problem with Ardour2 and Mixbus. It doesn't occur when I
use the integrate audio chipset (snd-hda-intel, wahoo).
This is clearly an analogue problem. As both the mouse and the ua25 share the
same power and earth and don't provide any sophisticated main-filtering or
shielding, you are bound to get such problems.
Probably the noise doesn't occure when you use the touchpad.
Does the ua25 come with a power-adaptor? Could be that removes the noise.
Another more hackish thing to try is to make an extra usb-cable where the
data-lines go through but Vcc and maybe even GND are disconnected and the
power is feed from an external source.
Have fun,
Arnold
9:45 a.m.
Hi,
On 04/07/2011 12:34 AM, Dave Phillips wrote:
I've been working with Ardour3 on my laptop, a
machine with an AMD
Turion X2 CPU and an nVidia 8200M integrated video chipset. Recently I
started monitoring my test recordings through the headphone output of my
UA25 and I notice that when I move the mouse it creates scratchy sounds,
though QJackCtl reports no xruns and my recordings are unaffected. I
verified the problem with Ardour2 and Mixbus. It doesn't occur when I
use the integrate audio chipset (snd-hda-intel, wahoo).
we observed exactly the same problem (only on the output of a custom
made USB sound card). The noise was spikes of varying amplitude at a
fixed rate (125ms if I remember well). Replacing the USB cable by a
shorter one significantly reduced the problem, and it also depended on
the USB ports used for mouse and sound card. On some mainboards/laptops
the noise was less then on others.
See
http://vegri.net/output_zero.png and
http://vegri.net/output_inactive.png
for output spectrum of the sound card (custom made, not UA25) when
playing zeros and when not in use.
- Giso
Running 'cat /proc/interrupts' reports that usb1/usb3 share interrupt 17
and usb2/usb4 share interrupt 16. I've tried switching ports around but
that didn't get rid of the noise. Any further suggestions ?
Best,
dp
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10:27 a.m.
Giso Grimm wrote:
Hi,
On 04/07/2011 12:34 AM, Dave Phillips wrote:
Also depends on the presence or absence of an externally-powered
external USB hub. I have an external USB2 hub (having three USB ports on
laptop and 8 devices to plug into them). Running my USB soundcard
through the external hub provided large bundles of noise. Hooking it
directly to a USB port on the laptop abolished the noise. Probably bad
grounding in the external hub or its power supply.
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I've been working with Ardour3 on my laptop,
a machine with an AMD
Turion X2 CPU and an nVidia 8200M integrated video chipset. Recently I
started monitoring my test recordings through the headphone output of my
UA25 and I notice that when I move the mouse it creates scratchy sounds,
though QJackCtl reports no xruns and my recordings are unaffected. I
verified the problem with Ardour2 and Mixbus. It doesn't occur when I
use the integrate audio chipset (snd-hda-intel, wahoo).
we observed exactly the same problem (only on the output of a custom
made USB sound card). The noise was spikes of varying amplitude at a
fixed rate (125ms if I remember well). Replacing the USB cable by a
shorter one significantly reduced the problem, and it also depended on
the USB ports used for mouse and sound card. On some mainboards/laptops
the noise was less then on others. 
8 Apr
8 Apr
3:03 a.m.
On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 06:34:03PM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
Greetings,
I've been working with Ardour3 on my laptop, a machine with an AMD
Turion X2 CPU and an nVidia 8200M integrated video chipset. Recently
I started monitoring my test recordings through the headphone output
of my UA25 and I notice that when I move the mouse it creates
scratchy sounds, though QJackCtl reports no xruns and my recordings
are unaffected. I verified the problem with Ardour2 and Mixbus. It
doesn't occur when I use the integrate audio chipset (snd-hda-intel,
wahoo).
Running 'cat /proc/interrupts' reports that usb1/usb3 share
interrupt 17 and usb2/usb4 share interrupt 16. I've tried switching
ports around but that didn't get rid of the noise. Any further
suggestions ?
Do you see any difference if you toggle the ground lift switch at
the
back?
Cheers,
S.M.
Best,
dp
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8:34 a.m.
On 04/08/2011 03:04 AM, S. Massy wrote:
Do you see any difference if you toggle the ground
lift switch at the
back?
Cheers,
S.M.
The UA-25 doesn't have a ground lift switch. It also doesn't come with
an external power supply, it is bus powered. I've had issues with mine
too, all ground related.
Best,
Jeremy
9:39 a.m.
Excerpts from Jeremy Jongepier's message of 2011-04-08 08:34:41 +0200:
On 04/08/2011 03:04 AM, S. Massy wrote:
I think the newer models, EX or however they are called now, do have a
ground lift switch.
Do you see any difference if you toggle the
ground lift switch at the
back?
Cheers,
S.M.
The UA-25 doesn't have a ground lift switch. It also doesn't come with
an external power supply, it is bus powered. I've had issues with mine
too, all ground related.
Best,
Jeremy
6:44 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 09:38:58AM +0200, Philipp ??berbacher wrote:
Excerpts from Jeremy Jongepier's message of
2011-04-08 08:34:41 +0200:
Yes, I have that card and it indeed does; I didn't realise
the previous
model didn't.
Cheers,
S.M.
On 04/08/2011 03:04 AM, S. Massy wrote:
I think the newer models, EX or however they are called now, do have a
ground lift switch. Do you see any difference if you toggle the
ground lift switch at the
back?
Cheers,
S.M.
The UA-25 doesn't have a ground lift switch. It also doesn't come with
an external power supply, it is bus powered. I've had issues with mine
too, all ground related.
Best,
Jeremy
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